New King James Version
Job 8:2
2“How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
Job 8:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
- New International Version (NIV)“How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
- New Living Translation (NLT)“How long will you go on like this? You sound like a blustering wind.
Context of Job 8:2
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: “How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? 3Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice? 4If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.
Read all of Job 8Job 8:2 word by word
עַד־אָ֥ן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְר֥וּחַ כַּ֝בִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 8:2
- Job 11:2“Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be vindicated?
- Job 16:3Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
- Job 18:2“How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.
- Job 19:2“How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
- Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.
- Job 6:9That it would please God to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
- Job 7:11“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 15:2“Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
- 1 Kings 19:11Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake;
Commentaries on Job 8:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2How long wilt thou speak these things? - Wilt thou still go on to charge God foolishly? Thy heavy affliction proves that thou art under his wrath; and his wrath, thus manifested, proves that it is for thy sins that he punisheth thee. Be like a strong wind? - The Arabic, with which the Syriac agrees, is (Syriac) rucholazomati, the spirit of pride. Wilt thou continue to breathe forth a tempest of words? This is more literal.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2How long wilt thou speak these things? - The flyings of murmuring and complaint, such as he had uttered in the previous chapters. The words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? - The Syriac and Arabic (according to Walton) render this, “the spirit of pride fill thy mouth.” The Septuagint renders it, “The spirit of thy mouth is profuse of words” - ̓̔͂ polurrēmon But the common rendering is undoubtedly correct, and the expression is a very strong and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2How long: Bildad might have meant make fun of Job using a similar question (see 7:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-22FIRST SERIES--FIRST SPEECH OF BILDAD, MORE SEVERE AND COARSE THAN THAT OF ELIPHAZ. 2. like a ... wind?--disregarding restraints, and daring against God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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